Java: how to initialize String[]?

Question

Error

% javac  StringTest.java 
StringTest.java:4: variable errorSoon might not have been initialized
        errorSoon[0] = \"Error, why?\"         


        

Answer 1

In Java 8 we can also make use of streams e.g.

String[] strings = Stream.of("First", "Second", "Third").toArray(String[]::new);

In case we already have a list of strings (stringList) then we can collect into string array as:

String[] strings = stringList.stream().toArray(String[]::new);